On its own, Gotham is not a bad show. It's got all the setup: corrupt police force, hardworking honest detective with questionable girlfriend, three cute young teens or preteens that we can root for; over the top campy villains, and one not at all over the top bad guy there to remind us of the thin line between good and evil and how many things end ( Read more... )

I didn't watch the series finale of Smallville live, partly because setting up the television and trying to find the CW channel would be a major effort (we watch a lot of DVDs, but not broadcast television), and mostly because I hadn't seen the show for several seasons, especially after the departure of the only person consistently worth watching ( Read more... )

With me catching it a bit later over the net. It's the return of the superpeeps as we knew them - well, not quite:

( Heroes, spoilery )

I have been quite unkindly informed that I did not, as it happened, ask any of the various people who reminded me about Smallville tonight to remind me to exercise, and that, furthermore, they have utterly no sympathy for people who indulged in luxurious lunches at the Punjab in Boca today. (If I haven't mentioned this before, one of the chief ( Read more... )

( spoilery )

( Very, very spoilery: )